April 6, 1936 – November 22, 2019

After a long battle with Alzheimer’s, Mary Ripple passed away peacefully in her sleep at Overlander Extended Care on November 22nd 2019 at the age of 83.

Her children, Janice Cochran (Jim) and Patricia Bugera are profoundly sad and will miss her, along with her four grandchildren; Jessica, Ryland, Vladimyr and Oksana, brother Danny Yarmush (Diane), Sister in law, Margarete Niessen (George), Brother-in-law, Andrew, Nephews Dirk, Joseph, Michael, Kurtis, and Niece, Kristyna.

She is predeceased by her parents Helena and Joseph Yarmush, husband Ronald Ripple and infant son, Michael.

Mary was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1936. She grew up in Verdun and helped out in the family restaurant, where she eventually met the “love of her life”, Ron, who often frequented the diner for their smoked meat sandwiches and fresh orange juice. After Mary and Ron were married in 1960, Janice was born in ’61, then Ron was transferred with the railway and they moved their young family to Minneapolis, Minnesota, then to Chicago, Illinois where Patricia was born in ’66. Seattle, Washington was their next home, then finally, Kamloops.

Mary’s profession and creative outlet was hair dressing. She worked at the Westsyde Beauty Salon and made many friends at work and in the neighborhood. She was also an amazing seamstress, beautiful singer in the church choir and a fabulous cook. If you were lucky to be invited to Mary’s for dinner, you never went hungry! Her Easter and Christmas feasts were most memorable.

The family would like to thank the compassionate staff at Overlander Extended Care and to Dr. Howie who looked after Mary for so many years.

There will be no service at this time. A Celebration of Life will be held in the Spring.

Should friends desire, in lieu of flowers, a donation to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC would be greatly appreciated.

Condolences may be expressed at www.drakecremation.com

• Date : 2019-12-04
• Location : Kamloops, B.C.